Biology:Haplocosmia

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Haplocosmia
Haplocosmia-nepalensis.jpg
Haplocosmia nepalensis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Haplocosmia
Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996[1]
Type species
H. nepalensis
Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996
Species
  • H. himalayana (Pocock, 1899) – Himalayas
  • H. nepalensis Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996 – Nepal
  • H. sherwoodae Lin & Li, 2022 - China

Haplocosmia is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Günter E. W. Schmidt & V. von Wirth in 1996.[2] (As of March 2020) it contains three species, found in Nepal, Himalayas and Tibet: H. himalayana, H. nepalensis and H. sherwoodae .[1]

Diagnosis

They can be distinguished by the spermathecae, which is in one piece, which thorn like hairs on the chelicarea and the scopula on tarsi 1 through 4. The scopula on tarsus 4 is divided by hairs.[3]

Behaviour and ecology

They burrow in silk-linen burrows in the ground, and are found at elevations of 1000-2000m.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Haplocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3362. Retrieved 2020-04-17. 
  2. Schmidt, G.; Wirth, V. von (1996). "Haplocosmia nepalensis gen. et sp. n., die erste Vogelspinne aus Nepal (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Selenocosmiinae)". Arthropoda 4: 12–15. 
  3. Lin, Ye-Jie; Yan, Xunyou; Li, Shuqiang (2022-03-23). "A new species of the tarantula genus Haplocosmia (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Tibet, China" (in en). Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e82682. doi:10.3897/BDJ.10.e82682. ISSN 1314-2828. PMID 35437411. 
  4. Mondal, Ayan & Chanda, Debomay & Vartak, Atul & Kulkarni, Siddharth. (2020). A Field Guide to the Spider Genera of India.

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